Loons rally to victory

The Great Lakes Loons rallied for yet another victory on Sunday, scoring four runs in the seventh inning to defeat the visiting South Bend Cubs 5-3.

The Loons, who have clinched a playoff spot, improved to 36-32 in the second half and 61-76 overall with the victory.

South Bend struck first on Sunday, scoring a run in the top of the second inning, Great Lakes answered in the bottom half of the inning on Gersel Pitre's sacrifice fly to Romer Cuadrado.

The Cubs added single runs in the fourth and fifth inning, before Loons' pinch-hitter Matt Cogen delivered a base-loaded double in the seventh inning to score three runs and give Great Lakes the lead. Miguel Vargas followed with a single to score Cogen, who had just been called up from Ogden in the Rookie League, and provide the final margin of victory.

Darien Nunez picked up the win in relief, tossing two innings of shutout ball with four strikeouts. Devin Hemmerich picked up the save.

The Loons close out the regular season at 2:05 p.m. Monday against the Cubs. Great Lakes, which has home-field advantage in the first round of the best-of-three playoffs, will play at either Fort Wayne or West Michigan on Wednesday and host games on Thursday and Friday, if necessary.